franchised
SayFRAN-chyzd/ˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪ̯zd/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
The chain franchised dozens of outlets during its rapid expansion.
By 1990, the brand had franchised operations in more than forty countries.
Note
One regular spelling covers both the past tense (the chain franchised its stores) and the participle after have or be. Every verb meaning of franchise takes an object, so the passive can point two ways: a business is franchised out to an operator, or an operator is franchised to run it. The rare older sense of setting someone free, of investing them with a privilege, overlaps with enfranchise.
franchised is a form of franchise
franchise, verb: To grant others the right to sell or distribute your goods or services. Full entry
- Forms
- franchisefranchises he/she/itfranchising -ing formfranchised past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- franchise → franchised: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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